Re: Linux install on a Think Pad 360

On Sat, 9 Oct 2004 23:38:28 -0700
Alan Dayley <alandd@consultpros.com> wrote:

> On Saturday 09 October 2004 10:28 pm, Alan Dayley wrote:
> >
> > No go. Same error as the previous attempt when doing this command with
> > Slack 10. I think I am just going to proceed with Slack8 and see how far I
> > get. Unless that post you referenced has some magic in it.
>
> I have proceeded with Slack8. Briefly, here is how:
>
[...]
> I am now in the middle of this "select packages in this group, it installs
> selections in the group, goto select in next group" interations. ie. It is
> working. I am now in fear of running out of hard disk space before I get
> done but we shall see. I can always start again now that I know of one way
> to get it going.
>
> Thanks for the helps and hints. I'll worry about Slack10 or some other distro
> possibility another day.
>
> Alan

Good work Alan! By carefully selecting the programs to install you can get Slackware down to a pretty small size. typically, 250mb for a server installation.

Dennisk
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